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Feature Friday: “Withnail & I” (1987)

OK, so don’t get your hopes up; this is a pretty poor copy of Withnail & I. I mean, you wouldn’t want to watch it this way, not when the gorgeous Criterion edition exists. But it is the whole film, and as such perfectly fine for leaving on in the background while you down lighter fluid and watch your thumbs go all weird…

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The scene where Richard E. Grant drinks the lighter fluid was supposed to be plain water, but Bruce Robinson wanted “a more genuine reaction” out of Grant, so he swapped out the water for vinegar when they shot it. I think Grant handled it pretty well.